The FIA has launched an investigation into a potential unsafe release involving Williams driver Carlos Sainz in Qatar Grand Prix qualifying.

Sainz has enjoyed an impressive second half of his first season with Williams in F1 2025, claiming the team’s first podium finish since 2021 with third place at September’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.

Williams under investigation by FIA over potential Carlos Sainz unsafe release

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The Spaniard equalled that result weeks later at the United States Grand Prix sprint race, with Sainz capitalising after a first-lap collision between McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

Sainz was also one of the beneficiaries when the McLaren drivers were both di

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